Tour Down Under 2004

June 21 through July 4

was awesome!

    another great tour by
ACIS Encore Tours

 MELBOURNE: Methodist Ladies College 6/24/04 Jay Levine photo                                       

MELBOURNE: Haileybury College with Melbourne Youth Orchestra 6/26/04  Jay Levine photo


                                      

  

SYDNEY: Riverside Theatre with Sydney Youth Philharmonic 6/27/2004 

Jay Levine photo

SYDNEY: OYO & Sydney Youth Philharmonic play Handel's La Jouissance. Niko Reyer, Jay Sinha, Philliana Ng, x, Sarah Yow, x, x, x, Noel Swanson, and Erik Vertz. Ruthie Price in lower left. 6/27/2004  B. Stack photo

SYDNEY: Horns  Jay Sinha, Philliana Ng, Sarah Yow, Trumpets  Erik Vertz. Noel Swanson, and Tina Jupp. Trombone Homer Chiang. Contrabassoon played by Jeff Hansen. 6/27/2004  B. Stack photos

 

CANBERRA: OYO Quartet (Sam Chen, Danielle Taylor, Rachel Taylor, Bridget Chang) & US Ambassador to Australia Thomas Schieffer 6/30/2004 Bryan West photo

CANBERRA: The Playhouse with Canberra Youth Orchestra 6/30/2004 Levine photo

 

AUCKLAND: Holy Trinity Cathedral with Aotea Youth Symphony 7/3/2004 Levine photo  

they wrote about us

AUCKLAND: OYO Board President Jay Levine presents OYO Tour Shirt
to US Consul General Siria Lopez 7/3/2004 Levine photo

OYO Tour Fun Stuff

MELBOURNE looks pretty AMAZING from atop the Rialto Tower Observation deck. Pictured (l to r) are: Sarah Lee, Yongeun Lee, Bryan West, Stephen Shum, Ale Aquilanti, Jessica Huntsman, Jimmy Hahn and Andrew Wilson. 6/23/2004  Jay Levine photo

  

MELBOURNE footbridge: (l to r) Peter Hung, Josh Chen, and Andrew Cheng. 6/23/2004  Peter Hung photo.

On right it's Sophia Zhang and Deborah Lee on the wonderful bridge. Alicia Tan photo.

MELBOURNE: Clarinet man DeMarus Allen practicing. 6/24/2004  Ted Yuan photo

MELBOURNE: and still later that night the public art made like a dragon. 6/24/2004  Bryan West photo

 

MELBOURNE: Vanessa Blake turns 17. OYO, which sure loves fire, eats cake! 6/25/2004  Ted Yuan photo

    

MELBOURNE area: Stephen Shum and Thomas Logan pet willing wallaby at Healesville Sanctuary. 6/25/2004  Barbara Stack photo. Sam pets in D. Ng photo.

MELBOURNE area: The Koala did NOT show its face to everyone. Brava Lisa!. 6/25/2004  Lisa Sommerauer photo.

MELBOURNE area: Puffing Billy Train Station. 6/25/2004  Peter Hung photo

MELBOURNE area: Bryan Nies enjoys Puffing Billy. 6/25/2004  Bryan West photo

MELBOURNE: Back from the country. Dinner in a very urban place. 6/25/2004 
Peter Hung photo

MELBOURNE: Sam. Sammy. SamBoy. 6/25/2004  Victor Lee photo

SYDNEY: Scary Guy and Amanda Sims warm up for the concert.  6/27/2004  Bryan West photo

SYDNEY: The revolving Sydney Tower Restaurant--you ate what?--, L to R: Carolyn Kwok, Sophia Zhang, Veronica Chin, Jennifer Moriuchi, and Vanessa Blake. 6/28/2004. Alicia Tan photo. Menu below. photo by Andrew Cheng.

SYDNEY: The glamorous Sydney Rainwater, Eboni Garrett-Bluford, Erica Oba, Emily Gee, Lisa Sommerauer, and Kate Bokan-Smith cruise the harbor.  6/28/2004  Lisa Sommerauer photo

SYDNEY: Ruthie Price relaxes on harbor cruise 6/28/2004  Barbara Stack photo

SYDNEY: seniors Sam Chen and Jean Wang gaze into the future. Must be bright; they're squinting. 6/28/2004  Bryan West photo

SYDNEY: Opera House Steps 6/28/2004  Jay Levine photo

SYDNEY: Opera House Bathroom sinks 6/28/2004  Peter Hung photo

SYDNEY: Dinner at Little Snail Restaurant was enjoyed by all but one. Present Australia's Oliver Scofield, Marilyn Clough, and Denise Robinson accept a toast.  6/28/2004  Ted Yuan photo

SYDNEY: Snails, escargots, a form of entertainment.  6/28/2004  Victor Lee photo

SYDNEY: Food, another form of entertainment.  6/28/2004  Victor Lee photo

Pasta Place pleases (counterclockwise from top left): Brian Walsh, Jimmy Hahn, Courtney Nippa, Andrew Wilson, Mike Kizzar, Bryan West, Ale Aquilanti, Jessica Huntsman and  Stephen Shum.  6/29/2004  B. Stack photo

CANBERRA's exhilarating view stokes (L to R) Noel Swanson, Daniel Wright, Jeff Hansen, Erik Vertz, Hannah Keeshan, Lisa Sommerauer, and Niko Reyer.  6/29/2004  B. Hannah Keeshan photo

CANBERRA's US Embassy. Jessica Huntsman and Thomas Logan.  6/29/2004  J. Huntsman photo

CANBERRA: OYO was warmly received by US Ambassador to Australia Thomas Schieffer at the Embassy.  6/30/2004  Jay Levine photo

ROTORUA: Whakarewarewa Maori craftsmen. 7/2/2004  Alicia Tan photo

ROTORUA: Whakarewarewa Thermal Park is stinkin magnificent!. Brian Walsh, Tim Hsu and Ale Aquilanti gush. 7/2/2004  J. Huntsman photo

ROTORUA: OYO loved New Zealand and all things Maori.  7/2/2004  Jay Levine photo

ROTORUA: OYO chief Tim Hsu about to receive a traditional Maori greeting.  7/2/2004  Jay Levine photo

AUCKLAND: This volcano has been extinct a loooooooooooooooooong time. 7/4/2004  Lisa Sommerauer photo

AUCKLAND: Penguins at Underwater World 7/4/2004  Victor Lee photo

AUCKLAND: Courtney Nippa, Ale Aquilanti and Brian Walsh celebrate end of great tour at Underwater World 7/4/2004  Jay Levine photo

 

Then we came home and enjoyed the summer and at Tilden Park, on August 15, had a picnic and looked at tour pictures.  Randy Gan photo

L to R: Jay Levine, Jimmy Hahn, Raymond Kim, Ben Gan, Amanda Sims?, Homer Chiang,
Jessica Huntsman, Ruthie Price, Yennie Lee, Maneka Puligandla, Christine Hsia, and Frank Rainwater.

OYO Thanks

all the donors and supporters and parents and chaperones
who made this trip possible

our fabulous tour companies ACIS Encore Tours and Present Australia

and our host orchestras
Melbourne Youth Orchestra,
Sydney Youth Philharmonic,
Canberra Youth Orchestra, and
Aotea Youth Symphony


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